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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
3. Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice. I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme. --Spenser. But law in a free nation hath been ever public reason; the enacted reason of a parliament, which he denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which ought to be our law; interposing his own private reason, which to us is no law. --Milton. The most probable way of bringing France to reason would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish West Indies. --Addison. 4. (Math.) Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] --Barrow. {By reason of}, by means of; on account of; because of. [bd]Spain is thin sown of people, partly by reason of the sterility of the soil.[b8] --Bacon. {In reason}, {In all reason}, in justice; with rational ground; in a right view. When anything is proved by as good arguments as a thing of that kind is capable of, we ought not, in reason, to doubt of its existence. --Tillotson. {It is reason}, it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.] Yet it were great reason, that those that have children should have greatest care of future times. --Bacon. Syn: Motive; argument; ground; consideration; principle; sake; account; object; purpose; design. See {Motive}, {Sense}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Inhaler \In*hal"er\, n. 1. One who inhales. 2. An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal purposes. 3. A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Inhaul \In"haul`\, Inhauler \In"haul`er\, n. (Naut.) A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Inlard \In*lard"\, v. t. See {Inlard}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Inlayer \In*lay"er\, n. One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Imler, PA Zip code(s): 16655 |